On 1/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">H P Ladds</b> <<a href="mailto:householdwords@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">householdwords@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote">
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Installing Mythtv for the first time -- Grrrr.<br><br>1st Problem (as indicated by my mythbackend error messages below)<br>seems to be that I don't have the correct encoding set up or the<br>correct codec for my ATI Wonder VE card:
<br><br>2006-01-11 13:23:35.164 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV<br>2006-01-11 13:23:35.224 Unknown video codec<br>2006-01-11 13:23:35.224 Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and<br>2006-01-11 13:23:35.224
setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles.<br>2006-01-11 13:23:35.224 Assuming RTjpeg for now.<br>2006-01-11 13:23:35.224 NVR: Error, unknown audio codec<br>2006-01-11 13:24:16.996 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
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<div><br>I think these are harmless error messages (not in front of the
box right now, but I know at least the '...video codec' is). You
can set up the profiles under Settings ->TV <br>
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Do you get a picture with xawtv? You might have to tell the card PAL/NTSC, easily configured in xawtv.<br>
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--Wendy<br>
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